Awareness of the outside world. Election news. Florida Politics: Eileen Higgins shatters glass ceiling with runoff victory in Miami Mayor’s race, Scheckner, December 9, 2025. Hat tip to Bolts Magazine, via Bluesky. The Downballot: Georgia Democrats flip conservative seat in yet another upset, That’s 25 pickups for Democrats nationwide this year—and zero for Republicans, Nir, Dec 09, 2025.
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Looks like Thursdays are gonna be medical for a while. What can I say. It’s a large life event. Plus, what else I gonna to write about?
So, here’s a family tale. What kind of person was my father? Let me tell you a story about his surgery. Don’t worry, it’s good vibes.
A while back, my father had heart surgery at Cleveland Clinic. I went up to sit in the waiting room & stew, along with the rest of the fam.
The night before his surgery, my father wrote notes to my stepmother. He gave them to me with instructions to deliver each one at certain points in the process.
The one after surgery said, “See. I told you I was going to be okay.”
That was my father. Equal parts kind and smart-ass.
Onwards!
Katherine
Virtual Brush Box 
I remember that photo I took of you and him at Seneca one year.